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Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

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Reviews Counted: 16

Fresh: 13

Rotten:3

Average Rating: 7.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Based on the novel by James Hilton, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS is the story of a shy English schoolmaster who dedicates his life to his boys. In an Oscar-winning performance, Robert Donat plays Mr.... Based on the novel by James Hilton, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS is the story of a shy English schoolmaster who dedicates his life to his boys. In an Oscar-winning performance, Robert Donat plays Mr. Chipping, a young classics scholar en route to his first assignment at the reputable Brookfield school. Although his first interactions with the boys go miserably, he remains determined to become headmaster. But Chipping is simply too stuck on propriety to ever become popular with the students. Depressed, Chipping goes hiking in the Tyrols, where he meets Katherine Ellis (Greer Garson, in her first screen role). The two meet again on the Danube in Vienna, where they waltz the night away and kiss for the first time. Katherine becomes Mrs. Chipping, and she renames him Mr. Chips when they return together to Brookfield. Over time, the charming Mrs. Chipping turns Mr. Chips into an amiable gentleman who is adored by his pupils. But just when the world looks its rosiest, the depths of tragedy await Mr. Chips. Directed by Sam Wood, highly regarded for his handling of collegiate subjects and tearjerking themes, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS was one of the most critically acclaimed films of 1939. [More]

Starring: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, John Mills, Terry Kilburn

Starring: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, John Mills, Terry Kilburn, Paul Henreid, Judith Furse, Lyn Harding, Milton Rosmer, Frederick Leister

Director: Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin

Director: Sam Wood
Composer: John Williams
Producer: Victor Saville
Screenwriter: R.C. Sherriff, Claudine West
Director: Sidney Franklin
Composer: Richard Addinsell

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Robert Donat at the peak of his skills... as moving today as it was upon its premiere.

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05/24/09
Tim Brayton
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03/26/09
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Inspirational, touching, classic work with Robert Donat's Oscar winning performance.

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Time Out

Robert Donat gives a strong performance as a legendary school teacher in this sentimental tribute, which introduced to American audiences British actress Greer Garson.

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07/03/05
Emanuel Levy
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A standard story delivered well with not many stylistic discretions, which gives it a timeless quality.

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08/23/04
Jamie Gillies
Apollo Guide

The original inspirational-teacher story, and a beloved valentine to classical education, tradition, and the English public boarding schools of a bygone era.

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03/26/04
Steven D. Greydanus
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02/22/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

...should continue to provide pleasure for as long as people value characterization and heart above plot contrivances and technical effects.

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01/20/04
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Start with It's a Wonderful Life and take away Christmas and all the bad stuff that happens, and you've got this movie.

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01/03/04
Christopher Null
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08/29/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Not as cloying as you might think; Donat is engaging, and Greer Garson is simply luminous.

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08/16/03
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07/30/03
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09/23/02
Robert Roten
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A fine central performance from Robert Donat

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08/21/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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07/29/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Robert Donat is deeply affecting as the title character.

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04/02/01
Andrew Howe
Film Written Magazine

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) is the classic, sentimental tale of much-loved British schoolteacher guiding many generations of schoolboys through almost 60 years

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